Titelübersetzung:Substantive representation of women and power
Autor/in:
Blome, Agnes; Fuchs, Gesine
Quelle: Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 26 (2017) 1, S 55-69
Inhalt: "Politische Repräsentation bezweckt im Allgemeinen, politisch verbindliche Entscheidungen herbeizuführen und umzusetzen. Dabei berücksichtigen die gewählten Abgeordneten die Interessen ihrer Bürger*innen. Frauen sind jedoch in den meisten Parlamenten unterrepräsentiert. Dies wirft die Frage auf, inwieweit die Interessen von Frauen im politischen Prozess durchgesetzt werden. Unser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, inwieweit sich substantielle Repräsentation von Frauen - also die Tätigkeit und den Einsatz von Frauen für Frauen - in Macht i.S. der Durchsetzung von policies, die Fraueninteressen widerspiegeln, verwandelt. Wir halten den Fokus auf policy-outputs für notwendig, da dadurch Aussagen über die tatsächliche Durchsetzungskraft von Frauen und damit über die Auswirkungen und Reichweite substantieller Repräsentation getroffen werden können. Dazu diskutieren wir in einem ersten Schritt die Literatur zu Fraueninteressen und beschäftigen uns anschließend mit der Forschung zu substantieller Repräsentation von Frauen in zwei politischen Arenen, der Legislative und der Exekutive. Insbesondere im Bereich substantieller Repräsentation von Frauen in der Exekutive besteht noch Forschungsbedarf." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "Political representation aims at bringing about and implementing politically binding decisions. In doing so, elected parliamentarians consider the electorate's interests. In most parliaments, however, women are underrepresented. Thus, the question is whether and how women's interests are taken into account in politics. In our article, we ask how women's substantive representation - i.e. when women act for women - translate into power in the sense of the adoption of policies that reflect women's interests. We argue that it is necessary to focus on policy outputs in order to make claims about the scope and impact of women's substantive representation. First, we discuss the literature on women's interests. Then, we engage in the scholarship on women’s substantive representation in two political arenas: the legislative and the executive. We conclude by proposing several avenues for future research, pointing in particular to the need to advance the scholarship on women's substantive representation in the executive." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:politische Entscheidung; political decision; Entscheidungsprozess; decision making process; Repräsentation; representation; Frauenanteil; proportion of women; Legislative; legislative; Exekutive; executive power; Gleichstellung; affirmative action; Interessenvertretung; representation of interests; Geschlechterverhältnis; gender relations; Macht; power; Federal Republic of Germany
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Gender role attitudes in Italy: 1988-2008 - a path-dependency story of traditionalism
Autor/in:
Lomazzi, Vera
Quelle: European Societies, 19 (2017) 4, S 370-395
Inhalt: Considering gender role attitudes as part of a broader cultural change related to the modernization process, this study adopts a path-dependency approach to analyze the support for the role of women in the public sphere in Italy since 1988. Modernization processes varied across Italian regions and the paper explores how different gender patterns developed accordingly. Using pooled data from European Values Survey, World Values Survey, and International Social Survey Program, the author assesses if this specific change is part of the postmaterialist shift and investigates the mechanisms of change carrying out cohort decomposition methods. The results address a reinforcement of traditionalism mainly due to the period effect that shows regional differences given by history.
Hungarian Government's Attack on Central European University and its Implications for Gender Studies in Central and Eastern Europe
Autor/in:
Helms, Elissa; Krizsan, Andrea
Quelle: Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 26 (2017) 2, S 169-173
Schlagwörter:Ungarn; Hungary; Hochschulpolitik; university policy; Forschungsfreiheit; research freedom; Geschlechterforschung; gender studies; Gleichstellung; affirmative action; Mitteleuropa; Central Europe; Osteuropa; Eastern Europe
Barriers to women's representation in academic excellence and positions of power
Autor/in:
Yousaf, Rizwana; Schmiede, Rudi
Quelle: Asian Journal of German and European Studies, 2 (2017) , S 1-13
Inhalt: "Nearly for half a century women's advancement in the workplace has been in a debate. Women’s under-represented in higher education institutions and universities across the globe, and especially in the most powerful or influential posts, is well established. Despite gender equality commitments and women's educational attainment, still, they are underrepresented. Regions and countries may vary in term of culture, achievements and development, but barriers for women's representation in academia are surprisingly similar in many regions. It is found that there are several barriers which women might be experiencing in academia ranging from personal, organizational to societal." (author's abstract)
The Inclusion Conundrum: A Critical Account of Youth and Gender Issues Within and Beyond Sport for Development and Peace Interventions
Autor/in:
Howe, P. David; Collison, Holly; Darnell, Simon; Giulianotti, Richard
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 5 (2017) 2, S 223-231
Inhalt: The sport for development and peace (SDP) sector is made up of various development-focused policies and programs that seek to engage, stabilise, empower and create social and economic change. SDP projects, most often run by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), have been implemented in regions enduring physical conflicts, health pandemics, major gender divisions and other social crises that have a great impact on youth. In this context, sport has been accorded the difficult task of facilitating greater access for marginal, vulnerable or community groups whilst positively contributing to the attainment of diverse development objectives. While the ‘where’ and ‘why’ of SDP has been largely accounted for, the attention in this article is on the ‘who’ of SDP in relation to the notion of inclusion. Drawing on extensive research conducted in Jamaica, Kosovo, Rwanda and Sri Lanka, the idea of SDP as an inclusionary practice is critically investigated. While SDP may ‘give voice’ to participants, especially to individuals with athletic ability or sporting interests, the extent to which this creates social contexts that are fundamentally inclusive remains open to discussion. In this sense, while targeting populations, groups or individuals remains an attractive strategy to achieve specific goals, for example youth empowerment or gender equality, empirical assessments complicate the presumption that SDP programming leads to inclusion, particularly at a larger societal level. The article considers a matrix of inclusion criteria, potential outcomes, and the tensions arising between targeted SDP programming and the often-exclusionary dimensions of sport more broadly, with a focus on youth and gender issues.
Schlagwörter:Jugendlicher; adolescent; Sport; sports; Förderung; promotion; Gleichstellung; affirmative action; Inklusion; inclusion; soziale Integration; social integration; Jamaika; Jamaica; Kosovo; Kosovo; Ruanda; Rwanda; Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka; Entwicklungsland; developing country; soziale Partizipation; social participation; gender-specific factors; nichtstaatliche Organisation; non-governmental organization; Freiwilligenarbeit; volunteerism; sport for development and peace
Wer steuert Diversity Management? Die Akteure im organisationalen Umsetzungsprozess von Gender Diversity am Beispiel eines transnationalen Unternehmens
Titelübersetzung:Who Manages Diversity Management? The Organizational Implementation Process of Gender Diversity in a Transnational Enterprise
Autor/in:
Gruhlich, Julia
Quelle: Industrielle Beziehungen : Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, 24 (2017) 2, S 156-173
Inhalt: Im Gegensatz zu Ansätzen, die Diversity Management als eine Win-Win-Situation für alle betrieblichen Akteure beschreiben, wird mit Bezug auf eine empirische Studie in einem transnationalen Konzern und basierend auf Bourdieus Feld-Habitus-Theorie im Artikel argumentiert, dass die Umsetzung von Diversity Management stark feld- und akteursgebunden ist und damit vor allem der Stärkung von einzelnen Interessen dient. So wird Diversity Management vornehmlich im Management implementiert und richtet sich vorwiegend an weibliche Fach- und Führungskräfte in den Stammländern des transnationalen Unternehmens, während weitere zentrale betriebliche Akteure und Akteursgruppen wie z.B. Gewerkschaften, Betriebsräte und AGG-Beschwerdestellen kaum bis gar nicht in die Aushandlungsprozesse involviert sind. Diese einseitige Ausrichtung und Umsetzung zu überwinden, ist voraussetzungsvoll und stößt auf organisationale wie kollektive und individuelle Hindernisse.